I’m gonna start getting timed at least once a week, to see how am doing, I wonder when is the best time to do so...
Basically you have 3 options
1) Before the actual practice, good dry land warm up moving your arms (without warming up in the pool), I found this is +1 sec every 50 from my current time.
2) After long/short warm up.
Short = 300-500 free and then just going for it
Long = lets say Im trying the 400IM
I would do: (just an example)
-400 inverse im (50 drill/50 drill)
-4x50 strong (1 of each)
-100 im strong
-4 or 8 x 75 k,d,s (im order)
-2 or 3 jumps
THEN…400 IM all out
3) After practice, after or before warming down, (I’m usually very tired, so I cant go all out anything over 100 meters)
-How often do you time youself/get timed?
-When? before/during/after practice?
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With only dryland or a short warm-up, you risk injury. If you only swim for time after practice, you may be mentally and physically tired and not give it your best effort. Also, a swim for time after a long, hard workout is not likely to be as fast as a swim after workout that focuses on recovery or stroke drills. I vote for getting up for a fast swim after a nice, long, warm-up with a little speed work thrown in at the end. Then you can get in plenty of warm-down when you resume the practice......
With only dryland or a short warm-up, you risk injury. If you only swim for time after practice, you may be mentally and physically tired and not give it your best effort. Also, a swim for time after a long, hard workout is not likely to be as fast as a swim after workout that focuses on recovery or stroke drills. I vote for getting up for a fast swim after a nice, long, warm-up with a little speed work thrown in at the end. Then you can get in plenty of warm-down when you resume the practice......
